Bowing Fundamentals – Violin Bow Technique +

Introduction to Fundamentals

It is important to work on healthy fundamentals not only in the early stages, but to continue to develop them throughout our musical training. Bowing …read more

Ellipse

Try drawing a line using your whole arm, then your forearm only, then just the hand. The result is always a curved line. This explains …read more

In and out bowing action

If we use the forearm alone when playing in the upper half, the bow stroke will be crooked. The upper arm should come forward slightly …read more

Exaggerated Finger Flex

Keep the upper arm still and exaggerate the flexing action of the bow hand. This helps to maintain a straight-enough bow when playing short strokes …read more

Example A

The ‘square position’ is formed when the bow touches the string so that right angles are formed at the elbow, between forearm and bow, between …read more

Example B

Here you see Andrea with her bow in the square position…. — Register here for full access to all VBT+ content or Login below …

Bowhold at Heel

Here is the bowhold at the heel of the bow, notice the fingers are curved…. — Register here for full access to all VBT+ content or …read more

Bowhold at Point

Here is the bowhold at the point of the bow, notice the fingers are straighter…. — Register here for full access to all VBT+ content or …read more

Pick Up Pencil

Develop finger movement independently from the hand movement. Notice how freely the fingers move in a vertical direction from the base joints…. — Register here for …read more

Finger Interchange on Bow

As we can see from ‘Find the balance point’ the lower third of the bow is much heavier than the upper third of the bow. …read more